Van Sexy Digirati Darlings are at it Again

I’ve been a little remiss in mentioning that a few of my favourite Digirati Darlings in town are at it again and busy presenting at Chicks Who Click this coming Saturday!  I am happy to  say though that it is not too late to register and come out to absorb, share ideas, and meet some other creatively inspired Van City gals.

Here are the details:

Friday, June 26, 2009

2:30-4:30
101 Track-”We are Living in a Digital World and I’m Just an Analog Girl”-Doyle Albee

5:00 p.m.
Chicks who Mix: Tweet-up at the Alibi Room

Saturday, June 27, 2009

8:00-8:30
Breakfast and Networking 8:30-9:30
Via Livecast from Seattle-Monica Guzman, from the Seattle Post Intelligencer

9:45-10:45
“Twitter: Tweeting, Following & Finding” -Monica Hamburg

11:00-12:00
“Breaking the Glass Ceiling-Women in Tech Start-ups”-Megan Cole, Victoria Revay, Alexandra Samuel, moderated by Boris Mann

12:15-1:15
Lunch
Carrie McCarthy-Marketing your image-online and off.

1:30-2:30
“Connecting Communities-Traditional Media and New Media”-Erica Hargreave

3:45-5:00
“Privacy vs Transparency-Where do you draw the line?”- Gillian Shaw, Rebecca Bolwitt, Erica Hargreave, Moderated by Doyle Albee 5:30-?
Chicks who Mix Cocktail Party and Networking

Congratulations to All the Van Sexy Winners!

I have blogged about a few competitions as of late and have neglected to post the winners, so here they are.

The First Van Sexy Winner of a 2008 Canadian Blog Award:

• 3rd Place for Best Science & Tech Blog – DeSmogBlog

The results from all other categories are still pending.

And the winners from last night’s 2008 Best of 604 Awards:

Best site for Sports:
1. BC Soccer Web
2. Canucks Hockey Blog
3. Outdoor Vancouver

Best Podcast (audio or video):
1. Lipgloss and Laptops
2. Choogle On
3. TikiBar TV

Best site for Events:
1. Beyond Robson
2. From Blown Speakers
3. Vancity Buzz

Best Multi-Author site:
1. The Tyee
2. Beyond Robson
3. Vancouver is Awesome

Best New Blog of 2008:
1. Modern Mix Vancouver
2. 3 Degrees West
3.Tiny Bites

Best site for Tech:
1. Buzz Networker
2. Techvibes
3. iPhone in Canada

Best site for News:
1. The Tyee
2. CBC
3.News 1130

Best site for Politics:
1. The Tyee
2. Matthew Good
3. Jonathon Narvey

Best site for Humor:
1. The Province Live @ 5
2. CondoHype
3. Your Dose of Lunacy

Best Company blog:
1. Raincity Studios
2. BuildDirect
3. 3 Degrees West

Best site for Food (directory or blog):
1. The Well-Tempered Chocolatier
2. Farmstead Wines
3. Chow Times

Best site for Photos:
1. Waxy Photography
2. Marc L’Esperance
3. Blue Olive Photography

Best site for Fashion or Style:
1. Demicouture
2. The Style Spy
3. The Conveyor Belt

Best Personal site:
1. John Chow
2. Gus Greeper
3. Delicious Juice

Congratulations to all the winners!  Especially big congratulations to The Tyee and my pal, Mark Leiren-Young – way to go – three wins!  And an enormous congratulations to Rebecca Bollwitt, Miss 604, for organizing all of this and for putting on what I heard was THE PARTY last night in Van City. Only wish I could have been there to celebrate with all of you sexy cats!

Kisses,

Emme

PS Sizzingly sweet dress, by the way, Rebecca!!!

Shameless Self Boasting

The Van City community has recently nominated their favourite blogs for The Best of 604 Awards … and drum roll please…… WE WERE NOMINATED FOR ONE!!!!!!  We’re nominated in the category of Best Group Blog or Multi-Author Site.  There are many other great blogs in the category that we’ve been nominated in, including:

• Beyond Robson
• Butter on the Endive
• Change Everything
• Scout Magazine
• The Tyee
• Three Degrees West
• Too Many Nerds
• Union Gospel Mission
• VanCityBuzz
• Vancouver is Awesome
• Wetcoast Women (which we write on from time to time)

There are also many of our favourite Van Sexy blogs in the other Best of 604 categories.  Go check them out and vote by midnight on December 10th PST.  If you are around on December 11th, you should come to the awards reception at The Cellar, just make sure you RSVP. Admission is by monetary donation to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank.

Thanks for putting this on Rebecca!

With love,

Emme

And the Nominees Are …..

There’s a reason why we named this site ‘Sexy In Van City’, as we truly do live in a city full of the steamily hot!  Just ask Gassy Jack.  This year’s Hot Blogger Calendar has reaffirmed that the citizens of our fine city positively sizzle, in its list of nominees.

Many of these nominees are Van Sexy Guys and Gals.

Included in this list under the guys are:

• Raul
• Tyler Ingram

And under the gals are:

• Colleen Coplick
• Meg Fowler
• Hez (aka Heather Watson)
• Dayna
• and a Sexy in Van blogged about favourite, Miss 604

Obviously it comes as no surprise just how many oh so hot gals are on this list.  We definitely haven’t been keeping it a secret as to just how firey we find the women in Van Cities Digi Community.  Oh and if I happen to miss any Van Sexies, please let me know.

Now GO VOTE!  And don’t dawdle as voting closes at 11:30 pm (I think this is Eastern time) on Sunday August 31st.

Sexily yours,

Emme Rogers

Sexy in Van News Correspondent

Sexy & Savvy Tech Women Bridging Media

My dear readers,

Rumor has it that Van City’s sexy and savvy tech women are at it again – this time Bridging Media! In essence, they are aiming to break down any barriers of communication between the broadcast world and the technology community, get them to speak the same language by exploring each others processes, and finally to play nicely in the sand box, building the future of media together. These women certainly have balls, and I for one, don’t think they can be accused of not knowing how to use them!

According to my sources, this ballsy scheme was set into action from a series of conversations between Megan Cole, Boris Mann and Kris Krug of Raincity Studios, Erica Hargreave of Ahimsa Media, and Brian Schecter of Puddleduck Productions in the fall. As these cats were talking, it became apparent that there was an obvious disconnect in the understanding of broadcast process verses that of the digital world and to truly embrace the future the two communities needed to be working together.

Megan Cole and Erica Hargreave have run with this initiating Van City’s first ever Bridging Media event on March 29th of this year. Boris Mann, Kris Krug, and Brian Schecter have been joined by Mark Greenspan on the gals advisory team. And as beautiful, sexy and smart women often do several other of Vancouver’s sexiest and savviest tech women have been drawn into the organizing mix, including Cinci Csere, Monique Trottier, Carol Sill and Monica Hamburg. Rumor even has it that the sultry Miss 604 will be live blogging the day.

From this gals perspective, the day is shaping up quite nicely with a panel of speakers that are none too sore on the eyes, including Ravi Singh of The Knowledge Network, Gary Marcuse of the CBC, Canadian Screenwriter Mark Leiren-Young and many of our lovely tech boys and sexy tech gals, who promise to be sharing secrets on industry, success, funds, and broadcast future! And you do know how I like secrets! It would also seem as though I am not the only one that feels that these women are up to something special. It appears that they have attracted in nextMEDIA, The Centre for Digital Media, The Knowledge Network, BC Film, OneDegree, Finale Editworks, and Now Public as sponsors. These companies know a good thing when they see it.

Oh and one final rumor from the event (probably shouldn’t divulge this one, as I’d personally like to win it) – I’ve heard they’re giving away a free pass to nextMEDIA to one lucky participant!

So shall we make it a date for March 29!?!

Emme